The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 23, sentence 63
And when she saw his brother ride under the balcony she mistook him for her own husband, for they were so alike that no man might tell the difference, and her heart bounded, and, leaning down, she called to him, ‘At last! at last! how long have I waited for thee!’
Who acts: princess, brother, tears, man, heart, I · What happens: see, ride, mistake, be, tell, bound · To what, where: balcony, brother, difference · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, brother, tears, man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 saw | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 saw | advmod |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brother | nmod:poss |
| 6 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ride | nsubj |
| 7 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 saw | ccomp |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 balcony | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 balcony | det |
| 10 | balcony | balcony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ride | obl |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 mistook | nsubj |
| 12 | mistook | mistake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 balcony | acl:relcl |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 mistook | obj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 husband | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 husband | nmod:poss |
| 16 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 husband | amod |
| 17 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 mistook | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 alike | punct |
| 19 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 23 alike | mark |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 alike | nsubj |
| 21 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 alike | cop |
| 22 | so | so | ADV | _ | 23 alike | advmod |
| 23 | alike | alike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ride | parataxis |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 tell | mark |
| 25 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 26 man | det |
| 26 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 tell | nsubj |
| 27 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 tell | aux |
| 28 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 alike | advcl |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 difference | det |
| 30 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 tell | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 bounded | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 bounded | cc |
| 33 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 heart | nmod:poss |
| 34 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 bounded | nsubj |
| 35 | bounded | bound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 leaning | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 leaning | cc |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 leaning | punct |
| 39 | leaning | lean | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 saw | advcl |
| 40 | down | down | ADV | _ | 39 leaning | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 called | punct |
| 42 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 called | nsubj |
| 43 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | parataxis |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 him | case |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 called | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 last | punct |
| 47 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 49 last | punct |
| 48 | At | at | ADP | _ | 49 last | case |
| 49 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 called | conj |
| 50 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 49 last | punct |
| 51 | at | at | ADP | _ | 52 last | case |
| 52 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 last | nmod |
| 53 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 54 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 55 long | advmod |
| 55 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 56 have | advmod |
| 56 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | parataxis |
| 57 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 58 waited | nsubj |
| 58 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 have | ccomp |
| 59 | for | for | ADP | _ | 60 thee | case |
| 60 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 58 waited | obl |
| 61 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 62 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | princess | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | ride | infinitive | husband's brother | the balcony | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | mistake | past | princess | brother | for princess's own husband | tree rules | |||
| 4 | is | past | tears = tear | alike property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | tell speech: assert | might | no man | the difference | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent difference=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | bound | past | princess's heart | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | lean down | gerund | princess not said here | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | call | past | princess | brother | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | ||||
| 9 | have | present | long property | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | wait | past | I | for thee | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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